TITLE:Bob's Burgers Season Four (2014)PLOT: Even though Season Five just ended, you don't have to be without the Belchers for long — Season Four just landed on the streaming platform. Featuring fan favorite episodes including "Seaplane!", "The Kids Rob a Train," and more, whether you're revisiting this hit season or watching for the first time, you're sure to enjoy your time with Bob, Linda, Tina, Gene, and Louise.STREAM ON: April 1st [Stream Bob’s Burgers on Netflix]Photo: Everett Collection

It’s Friday night in New York City and the Upper West Side is crowded. The line for the Beacon Theater more or less starts at the 72nd Street subway stop, but no one seems to mind. Why? Everyone is excited to see Bob’s Burgers LIVE, featuring stand-up and a live table reading from the cast of the hit Fox animated series.

Parents with a sense of humor brought their kids along and even let them sport Louise-inspired ears and Tina-inspired thick, black frames. The merch table is swarmed in concert-style fashion, with diehard fans buying every burger-smacked hoodie and poster there is to offer. Inside, Linda’s nasally voice is singing overhead — “Where is Harry Truuuman? He’s dead in the ground, dead in the ground. DEAD DEAD DEAD DEAD DEAD!” — as people make their way to their seats. Seth Myers is anxiously pacing back and forth in the front row, giddy like the rest of us who can’t wait to see H. Jon Benjamin, John Roberts, Dan Mintz, Eugene Mirman, and Kristen Schaal do what they do best: make us laugh.

The lights go down and Benjamin (Bob Belcher) and Mirman (Gene) rise to the occasion to introduce how the night will play out — every member of the Belcher clan will do their own stand-up routine, followed by a live table reading for an upcoming episode where they’ll be joined by Kevin Kline (Mr. Fischoeder), Larry Murphy (Teddy), and showrunner Loren Bouchard. They then introduce Dan Mintz, known for his role as the inimitable Tina Belcher, who meekly took the stage following deafening applause. Needless to say, Mintz can’t get through his first joke without the crowd breaking out into uproarious laughter — Tina comes from that guy? — and forcing him to start again. One might not expect Mintz, who looks like he enjoys quiet nights in with a good book after browsing Whole Foods and indecisively going home with nothing, to have been a part in creating one of the most fully formed female characters in primetime. Like Tina, however, Mintz gives whole new meaning to “deadpan” by refusing to smile during his entire set before bringing out his “sister,” Kristen Schaal, followed by Eugene Mirman, John Roberts, and H. Jon Benjamin, who all brought the house down in their own fashion and comedic style before sitting down for a hilarious table read of an upcoming episode.

On paper, the concept for a live-action twist on an animated series sounds like a gamble. But what made the show (the crew’s second-to-last in their eight-day countrywide tour) such a success was how close in demeanor each comic is to their beloved character. Schaal is just as snarky, mischievous, and brilliant as her Louise, while Mirman is unabashedly goofy like Gene, recounting stories of when he and his wife are shopping: “Well I guess I’ll buy toilet paper because I don’t think it’s a waste!” And though it’s no secret how talented John Roberts is, to watch him become Linda before your eyes was something of a comedy miracle. Last but not least is H. Jon Benjamin, whose demeanor matches that of the hypothetical brother of Bob Belcher and Sterling Archer, both voiced by the deadpan comedian who will be making an appearance in Netflix’s Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp this July.

Following the table read chronicling where the Belchers may have ended up if Bob hadn’t had his token mustache when he and Linda met, showrunner Bouchard brought out Kristen Schaal’s Flight of the Conchords co-star Jemaine Clement to join them in a quick song before everyone said goodbye for the night and it was off to Boston for their finale show. For such a groundbreaking series, it shouldn’t have been surprising how well the cast pulled off such unique event, but one thing is for sure: if they do this again next year, do everything you can to make it out.